From Stop Patriarchy
NPR Interviews Stop Patriarchy during first day of court appeal on HB2
September 18, 2014 | Revolution Newspaper | revcom.us
Member of Stop Patriarchy and Pink House Defenders (from the last abortion clinic in Mississippi) at 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans, where HB2, the law that threatens to close all but 6 abortion clinics in the state of Texas, is being reviewed.
NPR Weekend Edition, September 12. A federal appeals court in New Orleans is reviewing whether 11 clinics that provide abortion in Texas must immediately close their doors because they don't comply with a state law requiring that they meet all the standards of an outpatient surgical center. Listen to/read the NPR report.
From Stop Patriarchy: There is nothing legitimate or necessary about any section of this set of laws, which have already closed HALF of the abortion clinics in the state of Texas. The section of the law being reviewed now is on ambulatory surgical center standards, which basically state that an abortion clinic needs to be set up like a mini emergency room.
This law has absolutely no basis in medical necessity. It has nothing to do with the health and safety of women. It has everything to do with shutting down clinics. Complications during abortion are EXTREMELY rare. And for those times where complications do occur, emergency rooms are required to admit patients.
In August, Judge Lee Yeakel in Texas, struck down this section of the law, after a compelling case was made by abortion providers, detailing the ways that this requirement is entirely unsubstantiated and illegitimate. We stand with these courageous abortion providers. We stand with the women in Texas whose lives will be foreclosed if this law is upheld. And we stand for the millions of women, all over this planet, who need ABORTION ON DEMAND AND WITHOUT APOLOGY!
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